pushp360 / plot-light-curves

Plot-light-curves

plotlightcurve.py

Python 2.7

Plot light curves (magnitude against time). Files including the light curve must have a header in the format:

#MJD MAG EMAG ULMAG

where MJD is the modifies Julian Date, MAG is the magnitude and EMAG its error, and ULMAG is the magnitude upper limit.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-i INPUT_FILENAME Light curve filename

-s SAVEORNOT Save the plot (PNG format)

-o OUTPUT_FILENAME Output light curve file name if saved (-s)

-t PLOT_TITLE Plot title

-yl Y_LABEL Y axis label

Example light curves can be found in the examples/ folder. Data acquired during "Deeper, Wider, Faster" program observations: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu//#abs/2018arXiv180201100A/abstract

Examples:

$ python plotlightcurve.py -i examples/variable1.lc -s True -o variable_star.png -yl "magnitude (g)"

$ python plotlightcurve.py -i examples/variable2.lc -s y -o new_variable_star.png

$ python plotlightcurve.py -i examples/flare1.lc -t "Nice flare"